Major Controversy Erupts Over “Unanswered Questions'” FIFTY FIFTY Episode

SBS‘s Unanswered Questions is facing massive backlash after releasing its FIFTY FIFTY episode.

Poster for Unanswered Questions | SBS

On August 19, SBS’s Unanswered Question released its investigative findings regarding FIFTY FIFTY’s legal dispute with ATTRAKT.

FIFTY FIFTY | ATTRAKT

Audiences were surprised when rather than investigate from an objective point of view, the episode portrayed FIFTY FIFTY members as victims by ignoring and sometimes even manipulating facts.

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In the episode, ATTRAKT revealed that although ₩8.00 billion KRW (about $5.97 million USD) went into the group, the members would be eligible for payment after generating just 30000000000[/krw[ in revenue.

Despite this, the members and their families were shown alleging the accounting wasn’t transparent without offering why or what qualms they had with the accounting. The show’s producers also failed to question the family about the group members’ seemingly orchestrated exit with copyright filings.

Also shocking viewers were the fact that the show had failed to interview The Givers‘ Ahn Sung Il because he had a dentist appointment. The show also ignored revelations stating Ahn Sung Il had lied about his academic background, career accomplishments, and professional qualifications.

The Givers’ Ahn Sung Il Gets Exposed For Having Lied About His Resume

After the episode, netizens lambasted the once well-regarded show, with many stating that they had lost faith in the once-renowned investigative show.

• “The episode was biased, and the facts were manipulated. I’m so f@cking disappointed.”
• “What kind of investigative journalism show gives up investigating someone just because they had a dentist appointment? LOL…”
• “I’ve lost faith in this program because they might have manipulated other episodes to their tastes. To be honest, audiences believed the other episodes because they didn’t know. It’s only because many of the facts surrounding FIFTY FIFTY are well known that we are able to call them out.”
• “It makes me wonder if all of their other episodes were made without much investigating and were edited in a biased way. This is the first time I’ve lost so much faith in a program.”
• “I’m not going to watch them anymore.”
• “The biggest issue is that I am beginning to question their other episodes as well.”
• “I wonder how many of their episodes were just as biased. I don’t think I’ll be able to trust them again.”
• “You can trust that I’ll avoid them from now on.”
• “I’ve lost all faith in the program.”
• “I can’t trust Unanswered Questions anymore. I won’t be watching them from now on.”
• “I’ve lost all faith in the program… I’m so shocked.”

What are your thoughts?